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occlude
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verb (occlud, ing)
  1. To obstruct, cover, or otherwise block an opening.
occlusion
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noun
  1. The process of occluding, or something that occludes.
  1. (medicine) Anything that obstructs or closes a vessel or canal.
  2. (context, medicine, dentistry) The alignment of the teeth when upper and lower jaws are brought together.
  3. (meteorology) An occluded front.
  4. (linguistics) A closure within the vocal tract that produces an oral stop or nasal stop.
  5. (physics) The absorption of a gas or liquid by a substance such as a metal.
  6. (computing) The blocking of the view of part of an image by another.
odontalgia
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noun
  1. toothache
orthodontia
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noun
  1. orthodontics
orthodontics
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noun
  1. (medicine) A specialty of dentistry concerned with correcting misalignment of teeth.
overbite
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noun
  1. A malocclusion, in which the upper teeth extend over the lower ones

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